Register of the Robert Dark Papers, 1917-1964.

Processed by Donald Abenheim.; machine-readable finding aid created by James Ryan.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

Fax: (650) 725-3445

Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Register of the Robert Dark Papers, 1917-1964.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Processed by:: Donald Abenheim.
Date Completed:: 1977.
Encoded by:: James Ryan.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Robert Dark Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1917-1964.

Collection number: 77078

Creator: Dark, Robert, 1894-1976.

Collection Size: 2 manuscript boxes, 5 card file boxes, 6 envelopes, 2 oversize boxes (6.7 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, and photographs, relating to the U.S. Army in the Philippines, 1931-1932, the activities of the 321st Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946, and the invasion of Angaur and Peleliu Island, 1944.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Dark Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Access Points

United States. Army--Officers.

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 321st.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.

Philippines.

Philippines--Defenses.

Biographical Note.

1894 September	Born, North Carolina
1912	Joined United States Army as a private of the Cavalry branch
1915	Noncommissioned Officer, Coast Artillery Corps
1917	Second Lieutenant, Infantry branch
1917-1919	Served with American Expeditionary Force in France, attained rank of brevet Major
1931-1932	Served at Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
1932-1933	Served at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
1941	Colonel, United States Army
1942-1946	Regimental commander, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, (1942-1944, trained in continental United States; 1944-1945, fought in Pacific campaigns, 1945-1946, served with occupation troops on Kyushu, Japan).
1946	Resigned from United States Army.

Series Description

Box no. 1.

Correspondence, 1935-1946.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Box No. 1-2.

Subject File, 1931-1946.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, orders, printed matter, charts, notes, etc., arranged alphabetically by title or subject.

Box No. 2.

Speeches and Writings, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Writing and speech as listed.

Box No. 2-7.

Miscellany, 1918-1944.

Scope and Content Note

Pamphlets, reports, greeting cards, drawings, and photographic negatives.

A-V.

Audio-Visual File.

Scope and Content Note

See photo card catalog.

Container List

CORRESPONDENCE, 1935-1946

Box 1.

Collier, W. A., 1946

Dark, Robert, 1944

McDowell, C. R., 1944

Meachum, L. T., 1935

O'Hanlon, Redmond, 1945

SUBJECT FILE, 1931-1964

Box 1-2.

Camp Horn, Arizona, manouver grid, 1943

Civilian Conservation Corps, Medford, Oregon, 1933

Commendations, 1942-1946

Eighty-First Division

Divisional newspaper, Wildcat, 1945

Memoranda and manouver notes, 1943

Newspapers, San Luis Obispo Independent, and San Francisco Examiner, 1944

Officer list, 1944

Operation report, "Ulithi Atoll, and other Western Carolines-Islands, 21 September 1944-4 January 1945."

Operation report, "Operations on Peleliu Island, 23 September 1944-27 November 1944."

Operation report, "Palau Island to New Caledonia, to Leyte Islands, to Japan, 5 January 1945-10 January 1946."

Poetry

Special orders, 1942-1943

Box 2.

Operation Stalemate II, draft of United States Marine Corps official history of Palau phase, western Carolines operation, 1950

Petit Barracks, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 1931

Petit Barracks, Zamboanga, post regulations, 1931

Three Hundred Twenty-First Infantry Regiment

Air ground tests, Camp San Luis Obispo, 1944

Company "L", Christmas program, 1942

Manouver adjutant's manouver file, 1944

Manouver handbook, n.d.

Movement, Camp Horn to Camp San Luis Obispo, 1943

Officer list, n.d.

Organization day, 1942

Vancouver Barracks, Washington, 1932

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, n.d.

Box 2.

"Notes on National Defense," typewritten carbon copy

Speech relating to Moro tribe on Mindanao, n.d., typewritten

MISCELLANY

Box 2.

Miscellaneous clippings, greeting cards, printed reports, 1918-1944

Box 3.-5.

Photographic negative file, scenes of Camp Rucker, Horn, San Luis Obispo, Beale, and Pacific campaigns

Box 6.-7.

Scrapbooks, 1933-1944, assembled by Robert Dark, including newspaper clippings magazine articles, and photographs relating to his career and the units with which he served

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